First Super Mario Odyssey Review in! (EDGE)

[Wyrdness]

Barkley said:

Wyrdness said:

So you're telling me you won't consider any other review because Edge has one out and you rushed out to buy their mag? Fact is magazines have always had early or late reviews that has always been the trade off for having less embargoes, believe me the only attention that matters is from the people who buy magazines which doesn't matter to non mag outlets, most people on the net will see the score then move on until the other reviews come in.

I'm telling you that the 1st review of a game always gets far more attention then the rest. That the first few reviews gain much more exposure for their publication. This is big publicity for Edge, they certainly sold magazines on the back of this and it's good advertising too, it's driving discussion and raising awareness about them.

You can't argue that there is no benefit to breaking a report (or review) first. It's a basic fact of journalism.

Maybe so now explain how a deal factors into this as being a magazine getting a review out first or late is part of the territory.